旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Intn'l Financier To Give $25 Million To Macedonia Page 80 � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캑 � MACEDONIA, 1-5/US Newswire: George Soros, the Hungarian-born founder & � � president of The Soros Foundations, will provide a $25 million revolving � � loan to the government of the Republic of Macedonia in an effort to assist� � the country's survival through the winter. Macedonia has yet to be � � officially recognized by European Community states, the U.S., & the � � United Nations, & is therefore not eligible to receive aid from major � � international financial organizations. The loan is meant to raise the � � world's awareness to the critical & dangerous situation in Macedonia � � today. Soros commented, "The government of Macedonia is a coalition of � � moderate Macedonians & Albanians. It is trying very hard to preserve a � � multi-ethnic society, but is threatened from all sides: Macedonian � � extremists on one side, Albanian extremists on the other. The present � � Yugoslav government has a great interest in fomenting trouble & the Greek � � government seems intent on preventing an independent Macedonia from � � existing at all. Lack of heat & other economic hardships are exacerbating � � ethnic tensions. If there is conflict in Macedonia, it is likely to � � degenerate into a general Balkan war; on the other hand, if a multi-ethnic� � society can survive there, it would help to contain the turmoil that has � � engulfed the region. The time to recognize Macedonia is now. Why must � � we always wait until conflict actually breaks out before we act?" � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸